A Review of the Literature on Three Types of Disenfranchised Grief ...
A Review of the Literature on Three Types of Disenfranchised Grief ...
A Review of the Literature on Three Types of Disenfranchised Grief ...
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eport feeling as if <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir grief is unrecognized by o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rs, feeling c<strong>on</strong>fused about <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ir ambiguous<br />
mourning role, and experiencing a general lack <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> social support (Doka, 2002). This<br />
disenfranchised grief situati<strong>on</strong> falls into Doka's first category-<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> relati<strong>on</strong>ship is not recognized<br />
as being significant.<br />
Limitati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> current research, implicati<strong>on</strong>s for future research, and implicati<strong>on</strong>s for<br />
practice are also included in this review. The literature search c<strong>on</strong>ducted for this paper covers<br />
1975, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> year <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> first article acknowledging <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> challenges <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> grandparent bereavement was<br />
published, to <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> present.<br />
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